Private Stanley Garland Akers

Profile
Parents: George and Pearl Akers
Birth; September 17, 1897 in Freetown, Jackson County, Indiana
Occupation: Farmer
Entered service: September 6, 1918
Training: Camp Taylor Kentucky
Battery C, 70th Field Artillery
Home on furlough: died from gun shot wounds from his own gun while hunting
Buried: Wegan Cemetery, Brownstown

Source:
The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Friday, October 18, 1918
Page 1

Obituary:
BODY OF SOLDIER FOUND NEAR HOME

Pribate Stanley Akers, Who Lived Near Pleasant Grove, Believed to Be a Suicide.

HOME FROM CAMP ON FURLOUGH

Leave of Absence Expired Wednesday But He Did Not Return to Camp Zachary Tayler.

The body of Private Stanley Akers, aged twenty-one years, was found this morning near his home in the vicinity of Pleasant Grove, and it is believed that he committed suicide. He was in training at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, and was at home on a short furlough. He was to have returned to the camp Wednesday, but did ot go to Louisville. Despondency is believed to have been the cause for the young man's act.

About 6:30 o'clock he started from his home with a gun, stating that he inteded to go squirrel hunting. About half an hour later the body was found and it is said that all indications pointed to suicide. William Dickmeyer, county coroner, was called to investigate and held his inquest this afternoon.

The young man was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Akers, well known people of Brownstown township. He entered the service of the National Army with a Jackson county quota September 16, this year, and was sent to Louisville for training. This was his first visit home since he was inducted in the service.

It is reported that the young man had stated at various times that he was discouraged with his life in the army, but his relatives did not believe that his despondency had reached the point where he would take his own life.